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Studies in Scottish literature, 1991

Robert Grosseteste and the pursuit of Religious and Scientific Learning in the Middle Ages, 2016

This paper investigates ‘Roger Bacon’s two Circles of Scholars.’ First, it looks at the Sapientes... more This paper investigates ‘Roger Bacon’s two Circles of Scholars.’ First, it looks at the Sapientes Antiqui. These are the older wise scholars that Bacon claims to have seen (Nam vidimus). He associates these scholars with Oxford and Lincoln. The main texts for Bacon’s chronology are re-examined. The claim is made that Bacon’s knowledge of languages, especially Greek, owes much to Grosseteste’s inspired language project. Bacon’s knowledge of Perspectiva was achieved at Oxford. It is argued that while Bacon most likely returned from Paris to Oxford c. 1248, he remained there for a short period. He is in Paris in 1251 and again 1253–1256. Secondly this chapter examines Bacon’s texts in regard to his relationship with Cardinal Guy le Gros de Folque, Pope Clement IV, 1265–1268, and with the Sapientes moderni at Paris. Thirdly, a re-examination of the application of mathematics to nature, history, church and state is outlined. Emphasis is placed on the way in which science is morally (Moraliter) interpreted by Bacon in Opus maius, Parts IV–VII. Lastly, Bacon’s concern with mathematics is placed in the context of the world situation in the mid-thirteenth century. Influenced by concerns with the East, Bacon’s interest in the applications of mathematics is practical. His interest in translators is professionally serious. He was one of the first at Paris c. 1267 to notice the deficiencies of Moerbecke’s early attempts at translating Aristotle’s Meteorology. Bacon must be seen as one of the early Franciscan critics of the Dominican tradition and as one who had a close connection with the young John Pecham.

R. James Long is a contributing author, "Richard Fishacre", vol. 115, pp. 195-200. Book... more R. James Long is a contributing author, "Richard Fishacre", vol. 115, pp. 195-200. Book description: Medieval philosophy is the collective name given to the philosophies of thinkers who lived between the end of the Roman Empire, c. 400, and the beginning of the modern era, c. 1490. The philosophers profiled in DLB Volume 115 were involved in education, public life and ecclesiastical administration, and thus represent the various schools of thought that existed throughout this vast period. This volume offers much new information on these scholars, and fills the gap in available literature. The entries, containing biographies, bibliographies and beliefs of the philosophers, reflect the most recent developments in the field.

A Companion to Meister Eckhart, 2013

Revista Española de Filosofía Medieval

The paper presents evidence that Roger Bacon was endeavoring to structure what he considered as a... more The paper presents evidence that Roger Bacon was endeavoring to structure what he considered as a “new metaphysics”. Moreover, it identifies the Opus maius as Bacon’s new preliminary text in metaphysics and morals. The evidence is found in the Communia naturalium and in the Communia mathematica, in which one finds a reference to the Opus maius as a sketch for a new metaphysics. From part seven of the latter work, namely, the Moralis philosophia, one can see that Bacon views the latter work as closely connected to his new metaphysics. In fact, the material in the Communia mathematica connects his studies on languages to the communication of his moral vision. I present a review of the sources for the different parts of the Opus maius. This is followed by an account of Bacon’s philosophical sources. It becomes clear that Bacon was acquainted with Plato’s Meno, Phaedo and part of the Timaeus with Calcidius’s Commentary. The variety and significance of his Neo-Platonic sources are outlin...

Journal of the History of Philosophy, 1990